Toy pistol



June 2, 1931. M. R. LA SALA ETAL TOY PISTOL Filed 001:. 21. 1929 NVENTORW5 v LUM/LMLE LULZZLA.

ATTORNEY Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY PISTOLApplication filed October 21, 1929. Serial No..40 1,078.

This invention relates to improvements in toy pistols in which aprojectile is hurled to a considerable distance by the force imparted toit from a tensioned elastic member upon its release.

Such toys are in demand by boys and particularly so if they aresimulative in appearance of a real pistol or like fire arm; moreoverthey are relatively safe as the impact of the projectile is limited bythe elasticity of the tensioned member.

However such toys seldom shoot with accuracy, require considerable skillto manipulate properly, are readily subject to dis- 1 order and arerelatively expensive to produce.

It is therefore one of the objects of the present invention to provide atoy pistol strongly resembling the real article in its 2 looks andactuated by a trigger closely approximating in appearance and functionthat of an actual pistol.

A further feature is in the provision of .a toy pistol which willdischarge a projectile with surprising accuracy and in which its flightis enchan'ced by its shape.

Another purpose is to produce an extremely simple device, the parts ofwhich are non-separable and so contrived as to maintain themselvesindefinitely in operative condition, while at the same time are cheaplymanufactured and assembled.

These and other advantageous objects are attained by the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown inthe accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure,and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention infiring condition.

Figure 2 is an interior view, one of the side walls being removed,showing the parts in position to fire in full lines and in firlngposition in broken lines.

lock and barrel, is fiat and level throughout its entire lengthpresenting an unobstructed plane.

The end of the barrel is open, as at 18 and directly opposite a pairofopenings 19 are i formed in the body 13, while in the lower Wall of thelock is an elongated opening 20.

Enclosed between the sides 11 is a wire 21 bent to form a hook 22extending through the barrel and slightly outward at the opening 18, thewire being curved downwardly to extend outward through the lock opening20, thence turned tightly re-entrant to constitute a trigger 23,thereafter continuing upward, as at 24, to a straight portion 25 inregister with the part 21, then extended outwardly through one of theopenings 19 to form a flat horizontal loop 26 the inner end terminatingin a member 27 disposed adjacent the opposite surface of the wall andacting as a guide for the wire when the trigger is moved. 7

Formed on one of the side members shaped to constitute the back of thebody is a spur28 adapted to eng ge th bight of an elastic band 29, itsstrands passing over the fiat loop 26, thence disposed over the topsurface 17, to extend over the front end and engage the hook 22.

It will be obvious that the band, as thus stretched, impinges on theloop 26, tending to press the wire inwardly and at the same time thepull on the hook 22 operates in the same direction.

To reloa'd,the band, which is at all times level upper surfacethroughout its length, a fixed detent to engage one end of said band, atrigger accessible below said body, means integral with said trigger toretain the opposite end of said band, means for guiding said trigger,and means combined therewith to release said band from the detent.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

MICHAEL R. LA SALA. FRANK SIMONE.

held by the loop 22, is drawn are over the spur 29, the loop 26 being atthat time drawn forward by the pull of the band at the opposite end ofthewire. r

Although the foregoing is descriptive of the preferred embodiment of theinvention, it will be apparent that; minor changes may be made in itsconstruction without the exercise of invention or conflicting with thescope of the claims hereto appendedj Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by LettersPatent, is v 1. A toy pistol comprising a hollow body having a handle,lock and barrel, a spur extending outwardly from the rear of said body,there being openings above the spur at the end 'of the barrel and lowerwall of the lock, a member having a hook-extending through the barreland a flattened loop extending through the opening above said spur, atrigger'formed on'said member extending through the opening in the lock,and an elastic band engaged by said hook at one end and by said spur atthe opposite end, said band being d-isengageabl'e from said spur by theflattened loop upon drawing the trigger rearwardly.

2; A toy pistol'comprising a hollow body having a flat unobstructed top,a detent to engage a tensioned elastic element at the rear, and aunitary movable member guided V in said body, said member having a partto engage said elastic element atthe front, a trigger, and means todisengage said element from said detent upon retraction of the trigger.

3. A toy pistol using an endless elastic band foifm'otive force,comprising a body havinga detentat its rear to engage a big-ht of saidband, a single slidableelement guided in said body having apart toengage the opposite bight of said band, a trigger formed on saidelement, means on said elementto release said band from saidd'etent, anda projectile engaged in the strands of said band to be hurled upon itsrelease.

4. A toy pistol. using 'an endless elastic band for motive force,comprising atwo part metal body having an unobstructed

